... sold into slavery, his voyages around the world, how he bought his way out of slavery, learned how to read and write, even how he eventually got married. Equiano was a very religious man eventually becoming a Methodist, religion was a huge part of his life and even his identity. A major focus of the narrative is the horrors of slavery, Equiano's detail of the Middle Passage ... it shouldn't exist at all. "I began to raise my fear from man to him alone, and to call daily on his holy name with fear and reverence: and I trust he heard my supplications, and graciously condescended to answer...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate